Index: trunk/autoquest-test-utils/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/TaskTreeChecker.java
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--- trunk/autoquest-test-utils/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/TaskTreeChecker.java	(revision 2146)
+++ trunk/autoquest-test-utils/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/TaskTreeChecker.java	(revision 2234)
@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@
                          expected.getClass(), checked.getClass());
             
-            if ((expected != null) && (expected.size() > 0)) {
+            if (expected.size() > 0) {
                 assertNotNull(expected.toString() + ": children not there", checked);
                 assertEquals(expected.toString() + ": different number of children",